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13 On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice,
    and on the hills they make offerings,
under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
    because their[a] shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
    and all your daughters-in-law[b] commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters[c] when they play the whore,
    or your daughters-in-law[d] when they commit adultery;
because they go aside with whores,
    and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes,
        a people that does not understand comes to ruin.
15 Even though you, O Israel, are playing the whore,
    do not let Judah become guilty;
do not enter Gilgal,
    or go up to Beth-aven;
and do not swear,
    As Yahweh lives!”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:13 Hebrew “its”
  2. Hosea 4:13 Or “brides”
  3. Hosea 4:14 Literally “I will not visit sins upon your daughters”
  4. Hosea 4:14 Or “brides”
  5. Hosea 4:15 Literally “the life of Yahweh”